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Beards Corner, Colorado

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the West San Miguel census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81423. It stands on Dead Horse Creek. The Survey maps it on the Basin quadrangle.

Beards Corner within San Miguel County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

36 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Beards Corner between 1994 and 2020, burning about 38 acres in total. 33 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Natural33
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
3 September 1995Naturalunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseE BROAD
10 September 2019Naturalunder an acreTres Rios Field OfficeBUCK KNOB
3 August 2003Naturalunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseDRY CREEK
28 August 2000Naturalunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseDEAD HORSE
28 August 2000Naturalunder an acreSouthwest District, MontroseDRY CREEK
16 August 2010Naturalunder an acreTres Rios Field OfficeBROAD CANYON
15 August 1995Naturalunder an acreSouthwest District, MontrosePITCHFORK
12 August 2014Naturalunder an acreTres Rios Field OfficeDEAD HORSE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Miguel County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Beards Corner: 10 occurrences, 8 past producers, 3 producers, 3 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Vanadium, Uranium, Vanadium, Vanadium, Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
C & C DrillingStone, StrontiumProspect
Carmack Potash DrillingPotassiumProspect
Z-BarLead, Uranium, VanadiumOccurrence
Two BarVanadium, UraniumUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSedimentary
Z-Bar, Wilmarth, Tiny, Park ClaimsVanadium, UraniumOccurrenceCarnotite
Big Gyp MineUranium, VanadiumPast Producer
Bokum Corporation DrillingUranium, VanadiumProspect
Centennial MineUranium, VanadiumProducer

Every working recorded in San Miguel County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Basin4.0 miles20
Norwood17.5 miles16
Egnar20.2 miles15
Placerville29.8 miles18
Leonard (historical)31.0 miles18
Sawpit32.7 miles14
Vanadium34.6 miles27
Lime36.9 miles27

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122556025The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 186182. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.